THE BOILERMAKER FIJI Lambda Iota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity Vol. XXXIV, No. 1 March, 1966 West Lafayette, Indiana HERBERT ERF TO SPEAK AT PIG DINNER Preparations are in the final stages SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 3:00 5:00 6:00 for the sixty-fourth annual Norris Pig Dinner. Saturday, March W, will Alpha Grad Meeting at the chapter house Social hour at the Campus Inn Dinner at the Campus Inn Toastmaste"—Jack Mollenkoph (Purdue '57) Speaker—Herbert A. Erf, Sr. (Wittenburg '24) be filled with renewal of old ac quaintances and the making of new ones. The activities will begin at 3:00 P.M. with the Alpha Grad meet ing which will be held at the chapter house at 640 Russell. The social hour is slated for 5:00-6:00 at the Campus Inn (formerly t.ie Congress Inn), HENDERSON IN VIET NAM By Douglas L. Bash After half a year at Basic and Artillery Schools at Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia, Second Lieutenant Wayne Henderson (I.M. '63) received orders for duty at Ma rine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. This was his first son, and eight days later he was on a Navy APA headed for Okinawa on an emergency mount out. After a couple of weeks on Okinawa, Hen derson landed at Viet Nam in an Amp.iibious Operation. Since then he has learned what it is to be a Marine in the defense of our country. choice duty station; and after the time spent in schooling, both at Purdue and Quantico, Wayne was ready for some practical application of his know ledge. He soon got all the practical application he could handle — at Phu Bai, Viet Nam. Initially, Henderson was on duty as Forward Observer with his artil lery unit; Battery "I", 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, supporting BLT 3-4 of the III Marine Expeditionary Force. It was with this unit that he called in his first fire support mis sion. Usually the F.O. calls in rounds from an observation point in the forward battle area. However, it is often necessary to observe from the air, and in this capacity, Wayne has flown enough combat missions to earn an Air Medal. ISI Wayne Henderson introduction of the new officers. Guest speaker is Herbert A. Erf, Sr. (Whittenberg '24), who is at the pres ent time Archon Treasurer. Brother Erf is an outstanding busi nessman as well as an interested and dedicated brother. He is an expert in the field of sound, having been the first graduate of Case Institute of Technology to enter the area of acoustical engineering. He is pres ently regarded as the world's fore most expert in acoustical design. Ac tive in his college alumni affairs, he has served as president of the Case Alumni Association, trustee of the university, and is a life member of the alumni council. Before being elec ted to his present position as Archon Treasurer, Brother Erf was for many years the chairman of the Ekklesiai up with malaria. Described best by Committee Wayne; "I've been in the hospital for the past two weeks. Seems I've members of the Erf family are also come down with malaria. Sitting in the rice paddies and swamps and jungle every other night on ambush es with the mosquitos attacking by the hundreds, I guess it was bound to catch up with me eventually. Makes me mad, though; here I've been dodging bullets, grenades, mor tars, and booby traps for over five months now and a lousy . . . mos quito shoots me down." tenberg '29) and his two sons Her October to December, Hen derson served as assistant XO (exe cutive officer) and liaison officer of his battery. In this position he was working with villagers in civic ac tion, making trips to Army, Air spent a day at the Fiji house, and managed to get into a basketball Force, and Marine outposts, and run game with the brothers. He finally got to California in February and took a MAT hop to Hawaii where ning an P.O. (forward observer) school in addition to going into the field for major operations. he joined his wife, Bea Bash Hender son. On March 3, 1965, Wayne be came a father to Reily Frin Hender Highlights of the evening include the introduction of new pledges and the For the most part, the Viet Nam War is a war of patrols. It was during one patrol t.iat Wayne came From After completing Artillery School in January of 1965, Wayne took a lesiurely drive to t .e West Coast. He stopped through Lafayette and where dinner will be served at 6:00. Toastmaster for the evening will be Jack P. Mollenkopf (Purdue '57), Lambda lota's Purple Legionnaire. Then in December, "I" Battery was sent back to Okinawa. However, o n Credentials. Four Fijis: Herb's brother Harlan (Wit bert, Jr. (Amherst '54), and Robert (Michigan '53). Brother Erf's enthu siastic personality and great sense of humor forecast a most enjoyable evening with the brothers of Phi. Wayne was kept in Viet Nam to take over as XO of the replacing Battery. In this same month he got his promotion to First Lieutenant and as XO of the Battery, he still uses his knowledge of fire support. As Fire Support Coordinator for the Commanding Officer of the 4th Bat talion, 12th Marines, Henderson has directed airstrikes from a Huey jet helicopter as well as from the gound. It is in this capacity t.iat Wayne now serves in Viet Nam. He expects to be there until about 2 April 1966, and at that time he will be at Pearl Harbor. (Continued On Page 6) \r\nPage Two THE BOILERMAKER Boilermaker Fiji March, FIJI 19li6 NEW CABINET INSTALLED Published regularly throughout the school year by the Lambda-Iota chap ter of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta for its members and friends. Alumni Publications Officer: Steve Furste News ..P'ort Wayne photographs and '67 items, changes of address should be sent to Phi Gamma Delta, P. 0. Box 426, West Lafayette. Left to Right: Doug Bash, Correspondence Secretary; Dan Deam, Treasurer; Chuck Hoban, President, and Jim Apple, Recording Secretary; Frank Watson, Historian, — absent from picture. by Steve Furste ALPHA GRADLATE CORPORATION Lambda lota's new cabinet for the OF THE FRATERNITY coming year was elected to office on February 27, 1966. The new cabi OF PHI G.A-M.MA DELTA AT PVRDI E VMVERSITY net consists of Charles Hoban (Pres President: Melvin D. Corley '58 Indianapolis Vice-president David P. Secretary Richard Jones E. '59 Grace Indianapolis '51 West Lafayette Treasurer R. Joseph Rudolph '48 West Lafayette THE LAMBDA IOTA GRADUATE CORPORATION President William R. Davis '59 Lafayette Vicc-President Philip M. Secretary Richard Putterbaugh '50 E. Grace Lafayette '51 West Lafayette rreasurer R. Joseph Rudolph '48 West Lafayette B